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Author: Christopher Andersen Pages: 448 |
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"Funny, I don't feel like a legend."-- Barbra Streisand
She is a one-name legend, a global icon1, the ultimate diva. Yet most of what we know about Barbra Joan Streisand is the stuff of caricature: the Brooklyn girl made good, the ugly duckling who blossomed into a modern-day Nefertiti, the political dilettante2 driving to the barricades3 in her Rolls-Royce, the Oscar-winning actress and bona fide movie mogul, the greatest female singer who ever lived, a skinflint, a philanthropist, a connoisseur4 and a barbarian5, the woman whose physical characteristics are instantly identifiable around the planet -- the tapered6 nails, those slightly crossed eyes, that nose, the voice. Among the revelations: ·Surprising new details about her wedding and marriage to James Brolin. ·New information about her many failed love affairs, including her never-before-revealed relationships with Prince Charles and Princess Diana's doomed7 lover Dodi Fayed -- as well as Warren Beatty, Ryan O'Neal, former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau, Steve McQueen, Richard Gere, Kris Kristofferson, Don Johnson, Jon Voight, Andre Agassi, newsman Peter Jennings, and more . . . ·A provocative8 inside account of what really went on between Streisand and Bill Clinton in the White House, what their relationship is like today, and how Hillary feels about Barbra. ·From Funny Girl and The Way We Were to Yentl and The Prince of Tides -- and in the recording9 sessions that produced some of the biggest hits in music history -- new behind-the-scenes details of the brilliance10, the obsessive11 drive for perfection, and the Callas-sized ego12. ·New insights into Barbra's relationship with her only child, Jason. Whether you love her, hate her, or are simply spellbound by her titanic13 talent, Barbra is one thing above all others: a true American original. Christopher Andersen is the critically acclaimed14 author of twenty-three books that have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. A former contributing editor of Time and senior editor of People, Andersen has also written hundreds of articles for a wide range of publications, including Life and the New York Times. 克里斯托弗·安德森,美国知名传记类作家。曾创作过23部作品,并翻译成20多种语言出版。他的传记特点是所记述的人物都是或曾是美国政界的知名人物。他曾任《时代》和《人物》的专栏编辑,为多种刊物撰稿上百篇,其中包括《生活》和《纽约时报》杂志。 |
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路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 ) | |
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n.鉴赏家,行家,内行 | |
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n.野蛮人;adj.野蛮(人)的;未开化的 | |
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adj. 锥形的,尖削的,楔形的,渐缩的,斜的 动词taper的过去式和过去分词 | |
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adj.挑衅的,煽动的,刺激的,挑逗的 | |
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n.光辉,辉煌,壮丽,(卓越的)才华,才智 | |
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adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的 | |
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n.自我,自己,自尊 | |
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adj.巨人的,庞大的,强大的 | |
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